06 December 2011

The idea of bringing in a unitary EU patent system has been rolling
around Brussels so long most people have assumed it will never happen.
But there is a clear push on at the moment to realise these plans once
and for all. That's hinted at in this very low-key press release from
yesterday [.pdf]:

About Me

I have been a technology journalist and consultant for 30 years, covering
the Internet since March 1994, and the free software world since 1995.

One early feature I wrote was for Wired in 1997:
The Greatest OS that (N)ever Was.
My most recent books are Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, and Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine and Business.